Bob Murphy Show

Darryl Cooper is an amateur historian with a very popular podcast, "Martyr Made." He recently appeared on Tucker Carlson's show to promote his forthcoming series on WW2. During the conversation, Cooper argued Churchill was the "chief villain" of the war. Bob explains Cooper's perspective and defends him from claims of Holocaust denial.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The 3-minute clip of Cooper on Tucker.
• The full Cooper interview on Tucker Carlson.
• Dave Smith on the US empire's origin story.
• Cooper's tweet-thread on why he thinks Churchill was the chief villain.
• The Martyr Made podcast.
• Details for the 2024 ExPat Money Summit.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Texas-based economist Vance Ginn explains his proposals on constraining the growth in spending by state governments.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Vance Ginn's homepage.
• The Sustainable Budget project.
• Details for the 2024 ExPat Money Summit.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob Burnett is the Founder and CEO of Barefoot Mining, with decades of experience in computers, including 13 years as the CTO of Gateway. He discusses his talk at the recent Nashville Bitcoin conference, which focused on the concentration of power in Bitcoin mining.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Burnett's Barefoot Mining team.
• Details for the 2024 ExPat Money Summit.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob covers John 1: 19-31 in his Bible commentary series. He states that a lamb was not a "scapegoat" in terms of Jewish animalistic sacrifice for the propitiation of sins (using an RC Sproul clip to explain). Then Bob gives various justifications for the use of a sacrificial lamb, since it seemingly violates our intuitive sense of justice.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The previous episode in this series, i.e. BMS ep 334, Installment 4: the Word Became Flesh.
• The RC Sproul sermon on Jesus as the Lamb of God.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob goes solo to give the standard critique of price ceilings, and then addresses specific responses from progressive supporters of Harris.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• Bob's infineo article critiquing Harris' proposal.
• An academic paper justifying "price controls" in Germany that weren't really price controls.
• Details for the 2024 ExPat Money Summit.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Along with Kerry Baldwin, Gregory Baus co-hosts the Reformed Libertarians podcast. After first explaining Reformed theology in relation to other Christian perspectives, Greg discusses its relevance for libertarians.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• The Monetary Metals 12% silver opportunity.
• Details for the 2024 ExPat Money Summit.
• About Gregory Baus. The Reformed Libertarians Podcast (RLP).
• The disestablishment from the time of the English Civil War.
• Westminster Confession and catechisms.
• The 5 "Solas."
• Canons of Dort (TULIP).
• RC Sproul's series on Reformed Theology.
• RLP Episode 2, on Romans 13; Episode 3, arguments for anarchism; and Episode 16, elements of Reformed Covenant Theology.
• Against Civil Establishment of Religion, by Baus.
• American independence as Presbyterian rebellion.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob weighs the pros and cons of Senator Lummis' recent proposal to build up a strategic Bitcoin reserve.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• Bob's article on a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
• The Monetary Metals 12% silver opportunity.
• Details for the 2024 ExPat Money Summit.
• Press release from Senator Lummis on her BITCOIN Act.
• Bob's article on the USD as reserve currency, and on fractional reserve banking.
• Ryan McMaken on a Rothbardian defense of government debt default.
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David Gornoski, host of A Neighbor's Choice, rejoins Bob to explain how mimetic theorist Rene Girard influence Trump's running mate, via Peter Thiel.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• The Monetary Metals 12% silver opportunity.
• JD Vance's essay on his conversion.
• David Gornoski's A Neighbor's Choice.
• Dan McCarthy on the Tom Woods Show is happy with JD Vance.
• David Gornoski explains Girard on the BMS.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob covers John 1: 14-18 in his Bible commentary series. He explains his approach to the rest of the commentary series. In this episode he expounds on the grace of Jesus.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The previous episode in this series, i.e. BMS ep. 330, Installment 3: Towards a Grand Unified Theology, the Case of John the Baptist.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute. Prompted by questions from Bob, he explains why Benjamin Netanyahu deliberately propped up Hamas, a strategy that backfired horribly on October 7, 2023.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• The Monetary Metals 12% silver opportunity.
• Donate to the Libertarian Institute. (Bob did!)
• Scott's article (with Connor Freeman) on how Netanyahu's support for Hamas backfired.
• Scott's previous appearance on the BMS ep. 285 to discuss Waco.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.